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Clinton Lobbies Asian Leaders
On Information-Technology Pact

An Interactive Edition News Roundup

Updated Nov. 24, 1996 5:06 p.m. ET

As President Clinton lobbied Pacific-rim leaders to strengthen their support for a trade pact that would eliminate tariffs on information-technology products, demonstrators protested economic inequality as the 18-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum prepared Sunday for its fourth annual summit.

APEC leaders want to turn the group into the world's biggest free trade zone. But it was uncertain what progress would be made at...